A pot of railway enthusiasts gold at the end of the rainbow!
The picture says it all…
The Essex steam train week continues
Some fantastic pictures here that I felt I had to share to all locoyard followers! Brilliant!
Model Of The Week – GWR 3700 Class 3440 City of Truro
Today we look at the history of a very special and elegant locomotive from the Locoyard fleet, quite in contrast to the Devious Diesel from Thomas the Tank engine who has starred in recent blog posts. Interestingly our model of the week isn’t quite as far removed from our new Movember star as you might…
It’s the early bird that catches the train
If there’s one tip that applies to visiting any steam gala on a preserved line, it is to get there as early as you can. The Watercress Line’s Autumn Steam Spectacular 2013 was no exception to this rule and most of the best pictures I have taken on the day were shot before 9AM. Head…
1st Movember 2013!
Thankfully the events of Halloween did not stop us with our Movember 2013 campaign! In fact , even Devious diesel has joined in with Locoyard’s campaign, to try to get as many model locomotives from around the world wearing mustaches!
Halloween Story Special – Day of the Diesel!
Locoyard’s Thomas the Tank engine spends every November on the layout to celebrate Movember. This year he decided to arrive early and on the morning of Halloween, Thomas was being prepared for a day’s work. Thomas likes visiting locoyard, as it’s always full of steam locomotives and this year is no exception. He got chatting…
Halloween 2012!
We start Halloween with an early blog post today, looking at how we at locoyard celebrated Halloween in 2012…
Locomotives at Havenstreet
Following a previous blog post on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway’s O2 class W24 Calbourne, we have a brief look at other locomotives that can be found at Havenstreet. Firstly we have the unique E1 class that was reported on before (click here for more), however since then it has been re-named Yarmouth.
200,000 Views Special!
As this blog post went to press, this website has recorded 200,317 views in it’s 22 month lifetime!
Sheffield Victoria Station – a guest contribution from Nick Littlewood
Regular contributor Nick Littlewood has kindly sent some fascinating pictures of Sheffield Victoria Station. Sheffield Victoria was a main station on the former Great Central Railway. Opened 15 September 1851, the station took on great importance by the unique Woodhead Line that linked Sheffield, Penistone and Manchester. However, Beeching’s second report in 1965 recommended consolidation…
Loco Yard 